Gavin Atkin's weblog for the sort of people who like looking inside boat sheds. It's about old boats, traditional boats, boat building, restoration, the sea and the North Kent Coast
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This sweet 10ft clinker-built double-ended skiff looks extremely difficult to build, at least to me – but it’s wonderfully pretty nevertheless
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Some snaps from previous UK HBBR meetings – Breton caps appear to be de rigeur!
I’ve been asked to tell you about the September UK Home Built Boat Regatta. Despite the name, it’s not really a regatta but is more like an American-style messabout, as many people will recognise from the photos.
The HBBR people are a loosely organised group who like to get together to discuss boatbuilding, sail their home-built boats and generally swap hints and tips. The next meeting is their National Rally at the Cotswold Water Park, on 1st and 2nd September.
I’d go if I wasn’t already booked to play my duet concertina in Suffolk. A range of canoes and small day boats are expected, including designs by Iain Oughtred, Paul Fisher, Conrad Natzio and Andrew Wolstenholme. The event is very informal with no trade stands and no catering (bring a picnic!), but there are basic camping facilities available on site. Just go along and bring your boat Continue reading “Home Built Boat Regatta meeting, Cirencester, 1st and 2nd September”
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Lapstrake tender Little Breton, kids’ small sailing boat Flying Mouse (there are details for a rudder too!), and the Mouse-derived small rowing skiff Oarmouse
I’m very tickled this morning to hear from Kellan Hatch, who got in touch to deliver the news that some little boats I designed for home building a few years ago (the lapstrake tender Little Breton, the Flying Mouse and Oarmouse) have made it into Google’s SketchUp galleries. I think they’re a hoot – even if they aren’t very classic! Go to the Google 3DSketchUp gallery for more – I got these by searching on my own name, Gavin Atkin. I have to say that this is the first time following up my own name on the Internet has ever led me to unexpected nudity, but there’s a first time for everything.
The boat designs are available free from various places, including Continue reading “SketchUp models of some of my free boat designs”